{"id":1248528,"date":"2023-12-08T10:26:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T10:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/rory-mcilroy-expects-ryder-cup-changes-after-jon-rahms-liv-switch\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T19:29:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T19:29:01","slug":"rory-mcilroy-expects-ryder-cup-changes-after-jon-rahms-liv-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/rory-mcilroy-expects-ryder-cup-changes-after-jon-rahms-liv-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy expects Ryder Cup changes after Jon Rahm\u2019s LIV switch"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rory McIlroy believes the rules on Ryder Cup eligibility will have to be rewritten in the wake of Jon Rahm\u2019s move to LIV Golf.<\/p>\n
McIlroy stated on numerous occasions that he did not think LIV players should be available for selection for this year\u2019s Ryder Cup in Rome, where he and Rahm played starring roles in helping Europe to a convincing victory.<\/p>\n
However, the world number two believes the deal between the DP World Tour, PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund has\u00a0\u201clegitimised\u201d LIV and wants Rahm on Luke Donald\u2019s side when they attempt to retain the trophy at Bethpage Black in 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cJon is going to be in Bethpage in 2025 so, because of this decision, the European Tour (DP World Tour) are going to have to rewrite the rules for the Ryder Cup eligibility, absolutely,\u201d McIlroy told Sky Sports News.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no question about that \u2013 I certainly want Jon Rahm on the next Ryder Cup team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to miss competing against him week in and week out. He\u2019s got so much talent, he\u2019s so tenacious, he\u2019s a great team-mate in the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it disappointing to me? Yes. But the landscape of golf changed on June 6, when the framework agreement was announced and I think because of that it made the jump from the PGA Tour to\u00a0 LIV a little easier for guys.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey let the first guys really take the heat and then this framework agreement legitimised basically what LIV was trying to do, then I think it\u2019s made it easier now if that\u2019s really what you want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
As things stand, Rahm will be eligible for the Ryder Cup as long as he remains a DP World Tour member, which requires him to play in four regular tournaments per season.<\/p>\n
He will also earn points towards qualification through major championships, but faces fines and suspensions for playing in LIV tournaments without the required \u201cconflicting event\u201d releases from the DP World Tour.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In April this year, an arbitration panel ruled that the Tour had the right to sanction players for such \u201cserious breaches\u201d of its code of behaviour, a case sparked by 12 players appealing against fines of \u00a3100,000 and suspension from the Scottish Open for playing LIV\u2019s inaugural event in June 2022.<\/p>\n It is understood that fines and suspensions are assessed on a case-by-case basis, with former LIV player Bernd Wiesberger currently serving a ban after paying all of his fines in order to regain his DP World Tour membership for the new season.<\/p>\n Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood resigned their memberships in the wake of the arbitration panel\u2019s decision, while Henrik Stenson was sacked as Ryder Cup captain after joining the Saudi-funded breakaway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Spaniard has played in the last three Ryder Cups but his future in the biennial contest is now in doubt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1248529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[437,82,9051,105],"class_list":["post-1248528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-jon-rahm","tag-liv-golf","tag-pa-news","tag-rory-mcilroy"],"yoast_head":"\n